Chris Walker dropped for disciplinary reasons, and Dallas Johnson has got a one match ban.

A couple of posts on the Catalans board seem to suggest that there were rumours that Walker had been sacked from the club completely. Given that we were mooted to be interested in signing him at the time, it seems we had a lucky escape, despite him being their top scorer for the season so far.

Will it be on all flights cancelled today and probably tomorrow.

I'm reliably informed that Dewsbury were once forced to travel to Toulouse by coach due to air traffic control strikes.

Leigh are travelling down by coach. Theres a few of us booked on toulouse flight tomorrow morning but doubt that will happen

Its 20 - 24 hours on a coach to Perpignan, I am sure that if the team have to go that way they would not be in a fit state to play, seems just as we are playing well an act of god happens, how lucky are we.

Indeed, was only a few weeks ago.

Ah. What with the French and their penchant for strikes, it could have been any time.

Speaking of which, the sods are having a rail strike at the minute which has ruled out alternative methods of transport this weekend

[iSKY NEWS have just stated that the Salford City Reds are already on route via coach to France.

Hope they have a safe journey and come back with the spoils.[/i

Its going to be a heroic victory or a right good hiding with this kind of preparation

takes me back to 1997 and our trip to Paris, playing rugby on the Euro Tunnel train under the sea.